The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
National banks I'M South Carolina are

National banks in South Carolina are
very prosperous. In one respect this
State enjoys distinction that only one
other State can boast of, and that State is
Delaware. There has never been a fail
ure, or a suspension, from any cause, o
any national bank organized in the State
Since the organization of the nationa
banking system, sixteen banks hav
been established, and they all are doin
we'll to-day. The capital of these sixtee
banks amounts to S1,779, 100, to which ha
been added surplus fund of $Sl4, 1913. 16
In addition to this they hold as undiyid
ed profits 1856, ,50629. Their utstandin
circulation has been slightly reduce
during the year, the amount thereof now
being 1874, ,l35. AS the custodians of the
peoples money they hold S3,699, 164.47
and theta total liabilities are in the sum
of IS, 1863, ,267.65.
The committees Of the Northern and
Southern Presbyterian Churches, to make
arrangements for the Centennial celebra-
fion in 1888, have decided that the cele-
brating shall take place on the fourth
Thursday In May, 1888, in Philadelphia
Common orative services will be held
and addresses delivered-half of the
speakers to be from the Northern and
half from the Southern branch Of the
Presbyterian church.
A monument will soon be erected in
Central Park, New York city, to the late
DR.. J. Marion Sims, of this State. DR.
Sims was undoubtedly the most distin-
guished surgeon that this country has
ever produced, and it Is right and proper
that his name should be perpetuated by a
national monument, the only one ever
erected to surgeon in the United States.
The President has appointed the fol-
lowing Interstate Commerce Commis-
sioners: Thomas M. Cooley, of Mich
igan, for a term Of six years; William
r. Morrison, of Illinois, five years; Au-
gustus Schoonmaker, of New York, four
years Aldace F. Walker, of Vermont,
three years; Walter L. Bragg, Of Ala
bama, two years.
DR.. Kovaleffski, very wise Russian
doctor, tells frightful stories of the num-
ber of lunatics in his country. There is
room for only 10000 in the asylums, and
there they are brutally treated. About
10000 roam about at large without any
care. They are to be met on all the
country roads. and they avenge ill-usage
by manning little children.
LAURENs, S. G., March 31.-A meeting
of citizens was held to-day with the view
to establishing cotton factory at this
place. Resolutions were adopted to
commence with a capital of not less than
5000, 900 nor more than S500,000. A com
mittee of fifty men was appointed
throughout the County to solicit sub
scriptions, as was also committee o1
four to get up q charter.
The almost universal prevalence Of in
fant baptism among Oriental Christians
is strikingly illustrated by the fact that
in january last there occurred in the
Church at Kills, Central Turkey, the
first baptism of All adult that ever took
place in the church, though used by q
large congregation for twenty-five years
In October 1855, tho Board of Agricul-
turc appropriated 81 800 for the purpose
of testing tho culture of tobacco in South
Carolina. a premium Of 800. was offer
ed for best results. The award has been
recently mado by Mr.. Edward NJ. Pace,
of Danvile, Va. Tho successful tnrmcl
was +. NJ. Rogers, Jr., Florence, Darling
ton County.
II IL proposed to build Il memorial hall
mt Wesleyan Frmnlc College, Macon, Ga,
to DR.. iorck Pierce and his son the
Bishop. Tho building is to be used as
M industrial school, where girls may
learn all tho modern arts, such as book
keeping, tclcgraphy, stenography, mod
cling in clay, ctc.
Tho Mt. Zion College at Winnsboro
has two hundred scholars enrolled.
Within tho last year $4,000 have been
spent on the school and the citizens are
congratulating themselves that it bids
fair to equal their Mt. Zion College OF
years ago
The measles arc raging pretty general
ly throughout most of the counties of
Georgia.
President Cleveland has appointed Mr.
James l.. Hanna, postmaster at Oakland
California. The Pacific INcthodist says
at is said that the President on hcing
told that he was member of the NJ. l..
Church, replied THAT is nothing against
him. We should think not
Queen Victoria has reigned fifty years,
during which time England has been ell
gagged in fourteen foreign wars.
A fire at tho Chautauqua assembly
grounds destroyed eighty buildings, in
cluding several boarding houses, among
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